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(AE) to Detect Activity of Common European Dry-Woodboring Insects: Practical Considerations International Symposium Non-Destructive Testing in Civil Engineering (NDT-CE) September 15 - 17, 2015, Berlin, Germany Use of Acoustic Emission (AE) to Detect Activity of Common European Dry-Woodboring Insects: Practical Considerations Jos G.M. CREEMERS SHR Timber Research, PO Box 497, NL-6700 AL Wageningen, The Netherlands, Phone +31 317 467366, e-mail [email protected] Abstract Old house borer (Hylotrupes bajulus), Furniture beetle (Anobium punctatum), Deathwatch beetle (Xestobium rufovillosum), and Powder post beetle (Lyctus sp.) are common dry-woodboring insects occurring throughout Europe. We have deployed acoustic emission (AE) to assess activity of attack by these insects. Using available apparatus, adjusted to specific set-up, experiments were done in order to collect knowledge about the way of coupling and the influence of (low) temperature or possible daily rhythms on the activity of the insects. Such knowledge is crucial for a trustworthy application of AE-detection for European dry-woodboring insects in practice. With normal daily variations, temperature is the main influencing factor regarding insect activity, though for individual Hylotrupes-larvae, significant phases of inactivity were found. With regard to minimum temperatures for detection, all species show a marked decrease in the number of registered hits at about the same temperature. Recommendations are given for practical use of AE for detection of activity of woodboring insects in relation to coupling, temperature, time of day, and measurement duration. More Info at Open Access Database www.ndt.net/?id=18407 Keywords: Acoustic emission, AE, wood, insects, woodworm, detection, activity, temperature, coupling 1. Introduction Old house borer (Hylotrupes bajulus), Furniture beetle (Anobium punctatum), and Deathwatch beetle (Xestobium rufovillosum), and Powder post beetle (Lyctus sp.) are common dry-wood- boring insects occurring throughout Europe. In The Netherlands, as in many other European countries, a substantial part of the attacks by these insects is countered with biocidal products. The use of these products is being discouraged, based on the firm belief that we should use them not more than strictly necessary. Also, when elements or objects are concerned, which are valuable either from historical or other points of view, this kind of treatment might change the treated material in an undesirable and even irreversible manner. One way to approach this dilemma is to opt for other methods to put an end to the attack, but without the environmental or other drawbacks. Still, tension remains between the treatment firm on one hand, which likes to deliver a guaranteed result, and the keeper of the monumental timber construction or museum piece on the other hand, who likes his object to be cured, but only influenced as little as possible, if at all. Especially in those situations, where it is difficult to visually assess the presence of live attack, it is a godsend to have a method which more objectively can do that job. At SHR a process was started to develop a method for a ‘Woodworm Detector’, for which it was decided that acoustic emissions (AE) would be useful. Detection of insect activity using AE has been the subject of many earlier experiments and tests. They have been reported about in many (scientific) publications [1][2][3][4]. Although legitimised by the economic damage done worldwide, the vast majority of these however deal with termites or stored products pests and only a few concern the aforementioned dry-woodboring insects (e.g. [5][6]). Our own preliminary investigations showed that active attack by these well-known European woodborers indeed can be detected using the right setup. However, even less information is to be found about the influence of temperature or perhaps daily rhythms on the activity of these specific insects. Such knowledge is crucial for a trustworthy application of AE detection for International Symposium Non-Destructive Testing in Civil Engineering (NDT-CE) September 15 - 17, 2015, Berlin, Germany European dry-woodborers in practice [7]. This manuscript deals with the results of several experiments done in order to collect that knowledge. 2. Experimental 2.1 Materials The results presented here refer to infested material of the insect species mentioned earlier: Old house borer (Hylotrupes bajulus): Larvae were harvested from the Hylotrupes-culture of the Institute of Wood Technology and Wood Biology of the ‘von Thünen Institute’ (vTI) in Hamburg. For further development they were transferred, one larva each, into pine feeder blocks (ca. 7 x 5 x 4 cm), which were used as test samples. Furniture beetle (Anobium punctatum): Two samples were taken from a collection of infected wood pieces at vTI: a small stem (ca. 40 x Ø 6 cm) and a quartered stem (ca. 30 x Ø 13 cm). These samples were used as such. Deathwatch beetle (Xestobium rufovillosum): Three samples were chosen from the same collection at vTI: a branch (ca. 40 x Ø 4 cm), a piece of structural wood (ca. 25 x 8 cm) and a halved stem (ca. 20 x Ø 7 cm), the latter pre- inoculated with a white-rot fungus. These samples were also used as such. Powder post beetle (Lyctus sp.): One sample was taken from a SHR-collection of several halved stems (ca. 35 x Ø 10 cm). This sample was also used as such. 2.2 Experiments Three different kinds of experiments were carried out. 1. With one of the most active Hylotrupes-blocks, an 8-day test was done in the upper glass hallway to the SHR laboratory. The sample was shielded from direct sunshine, but temperatures in the hallway showed a considerable daily movement, thus simulating normal thermal variation in a roof space. The intention of this test was to find out whether a Hylotrupes larva would show some kind of daily activity rhythm and whether there would be shorter or longer periods of inactivity, possibly leading to conclusions about minimum measuring times in practice. 2. Using climate cabinets, samples were first kept at a temperature of 20 °C during a period of about a week. Then the temperature in the cabinets was lowered to levels of (18), 15, (12), 10, 8, 6, 4, 2, and 1 °C successively and kept at each level for a minimum of two days. Temperature was lowered until no AE events were registered anymore. When this situation had occurred, temperature was increased in the same way, 1 °C at a time, until AE events started again. For Hylotrupes, all active blocks were used, measuring AE events each time consecutively for 15-20 minutes on each block, coupling and leaving them inside the cabinets as much as possible. For Anobium and Xestobium the most active sample was chosen and AE events measured continuously on the one sample staying inside the cabinet. These tests were done in order to find advice on the low temperature threshold for trustworthy analysis in practical circumstances and whether there are differences between the insect species concerning this aspect. 3. With a new active Hylotrupes-block and the halved stem suffering from Lyctus attack, different ways of coupling were tested consecutively on the same sample. Coupling the AE-sensor magnetically to a screw introduced into the sample is regarded as the reference International Symposium Non-Destructive Testing in Civil Engineering (NDT-CE) September 15 - 17, 2015, Berlin, Germany method. Secondly, coupling by means of a specially designed clamp was tried. The third method was coupling by using the touch wave guide, delivered with the apparatus. Because of the presence of a single larva only, the measuring period for Hylotrupes was set to about 24 hours; for Lyctus (multiple larvae) it was about 5 hours. The intention was to find out whether information (hits, events) may be lost when using the clamp or the touch sensor in comparison to the reference method and whether this differed between insects. 2.3 Apparatus Acoustic emission events were registered with an AED-2010 (AEC, Fair Oaks, USA). Standard way of coupling between the AE-sensor and the samples was through the supplied magnet and a metal screw in the sample. Based on preliminary work, the test setup used sensitivity level G5 (total gain 84 dB). All counts were accumulated over 60 second intervals and then passed on to a computer running the AED-software. Fig. 1 shows the setup in the 8-day-test. Figure 1. Overview of setup of 8-day-test with Hylotrupes During this test, registration of Temperature (T) and Relative Humidity (RH) around the samples was done every 5 minutes with an Eltec GD11 T/RH monitor (SHR/45q), additionally equipped with an external temperature probe, which itself was placed inside a spruce block, measuring ca. 7 x 5 x 4 cm. The extra probe was meant to check the lag in adaptation of temperature inside the wooden samples. For the low temperature tests two Elbanton climate cabinets (SHR/173a-b) were used, solely regulating temperature, not RH. 3. Results and discussion 3.1 Daily rhythm test Fig. 2 shows the variation in temperature in the glass hallway during the almost eight days of the test, as registered by the Eltec monitor. As expected, the internal wood temperature Twood International Symposium Non-Destructive Testing in Civil Engineering (NDT-CE) September 15 - 17, 2015, Berlin, Germany lags a little behind the air temperature Tair and also, the highest and lowest values for Tair.are ´cut off´ in Twood. The wooden substrate effectively decreases the variation. Figure 2. Variation in temperature of air and inside wood during 8-day test In Fig. 3 the internal temperature Twood is linked to the activity measurements, expressed as number of hits per 5 minutes. Figure 3. Comparison of internal wood temperature with activity data of Hylotrupes International Symposium Non-Destructive Testing in Civil Engineering (NDT-CE) September 15 - 17, 2015, Berlin, Germany It is obvious, that temperature has a decisive influence on activity of the larvae.
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